Table of contents - Special Issue: Theme issue: User Research & Technology, Part 2
Research rules for library ethnography
Michael SeadleThe aim of this paper is to introduce the second part of the theme issue on “user research and technology” and to discuss testing online digital library resources using methods…
Student attitudes towards mobile library services for smartphones
Lorraine Paterson, Boon LowThis paper aims to provide quantitative and qualitative data on students' use of mobile devices and to consider the benefit of academic mobile library services to students.
Correlation analysis between users' educational level and mobile reading behavior
Liyi Zhang, Wei MaThis paper aims to investigate the use of mobile reading among Chinese college students and to provide a statistical analysis of correlation between the users' educational level…
A practical application of SurveyMonkey as a remote usability‐testing tool
Emily SymondsThe aim of this paper is to discuss the application of a web‐based tool as a remote asynchronous usability testing method based on an assessment of an academic library's digital…
Using screen capture to study user research behavior
Bonnie Imler, Michelle EichelbergerThe purpose of this paper is to report on how researchers at Penn State University used video screen capture technology to learn more about student usage of the library's…
The loneliness of the long distance researcher
Pat Gannon‐Leary, Elsa Fontainha, Moira BentPrior research has highlighted the isolation felt by some researchers engaged in academic writing. This article aims to examine whether such isolation might be partially overcome…
Use of web technology in providing information services by south Indian technological universities as displayed on library websites
Preedip Balaji B., Vinit KumarThis paper aims to discuss the present status of using new generation web technology, social media and Web 2.0 features among the technological university library websites in…
E‐information usage among engineering academics in India with special reference to Rajasthan State
Sunil Bhatt, Madan Singh RanaThe main objective of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the use of e‐resources by the engineering academics of Rajasthan state. It aims to consider the various factors of…
Assessing the intention to use e‐book among engineering undergraduates in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Malathi Letchumanan, Rohani TarmiziThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the intention of using e‐books as learning material among undergraduates from an engineering department by using the technology…
Interior library GIS
Andrew CoyleGeographic information systems (GIS) are used in business and government and have potentially powerful applications to the library, specifically “interior GIS” mapping of the…
Librarians alert: How can we exploit what is happening with personal information management (PIM), reference management and related issues?
Ina FourieThis column aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. It seeks to focus on how librarians can stay alert on new developments…
Archiving in the networked world: metrics for testing
Michael SeadleThis paper aims to focus on how long‐term digital archiving systems are tested and what benchmarks and other metrics are necessary for that testing to produce data that the…
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0737-8831Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho